Routing Framework

The Routing Framework is a general synchronization framework between Sitecore and an external system. Dynamics Integration Routing is designed to synchronize Dynamics AX catalog data with Sitecore.

The SDK contains samples that transform catalog data from Dynamics AX for Retail into a format that can be imported into Commerce Server. These samples can be modified by customers or partners for custom transformation of data to support their specific business requirements.

Routes work against endpoints. These endpoints are either source endpoints or destination endpoints. For example, a source endpoint is the Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail Commerce Run Time. You can configure connectivity to one or more endpoints, and allows for configurations for a variety of purposes. Other examples are an endpoint connecting to Dynamics, a file system endpoint for interim storage of extracted data, or an endpoint for connecting into the Sitecore Commerce Catalog subsystem.

Sample endpoint definitions are supplied as part of the base install and are configured via the Sitecore Content Editor.

Synchronization can run in full and incremental mode. Synchronization collects data about products that have been changed in Dynamics AX, and updates the Sitecore catalogs accordingly.

The routing framework deployed with an example to work with the Contoso Online Store provided by AX sample data. Only minor changes are required (authentication) to get it up and running.